Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 1:52 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1996, 1:52 PM MDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 2:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crowley County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:02 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Ordway, CO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KPUB 221952
SVRPUB
COC025-222055-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
152 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 255 PM MDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
CROWLEY BY 157 PM
ORDWAY BY 207 PM
SUGAR CITY BY 214 PM
* AT 152 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE STORM IN THE VICINITY OF OLNEY
SPRINGS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT WITH MORE DETAILS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
JKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:53 AM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
COZ065>068-070>074-077-221855- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1153 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND EAST OF THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH 1 PM MDT. AT 1152 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO AND IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:57 AM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
COZ065>068-070>074-077-221855- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1153 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND EAST OF THE FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH 1 PM MDT. AT 1152 AM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN PUEBLO AND IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 45 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
COZ060>081-230600- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1209 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES: ALAMOSA BACA BENT CHAFFEE CONEJOS COSTILLA CROWLEY CUSTER EL PASO FREMONT HUERFANO KIOWA LAS ANIMAS MINERAL OTERO PROWERS PUEBLO RIO GRANDE SAGUACHE TELLER ADEQUATE MOISTURE...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRO>NG TO SEVERE...PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
COZ073-074-077-221920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1218 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN HUERFANO AND EXTREME SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO CITY AND WALSENBURG THROUGH 115 PM MDT. AT 1218 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG MOVING TO THE EA\ST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:35 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
COZ076-222040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 134 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN CROWLEY AND WESTERN OTERO COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAYS 96 AND 50 IN SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY AND NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM MDT. AT 133 PM MDT PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OR ORDWAY IN CROWLEY COUNTY AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANZANOLA IN OTERO COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER OR SMALLER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. "7"
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.